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A Scandium‐Stabilized Diisophosphaethynolate Ligand: [OCPPCO] 4−
Author(s) -
Grant Lauren N.,
Pinter Balazs,
Manor Brian C.,
Grützmacher Hansjörg,
Mindiola Daniel J.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201710757
Subject(s) - scandium , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , physics , crystallography , materials science , inorganic chemistry , receptor , biochemistry
The first example of the OCPPCO ligand, diisophosphaethynolate, is reported via reductive coupling of a Sc−OCP precursor. Upon reduction with KC 8 , isolation of the dinuclear complex, namely [K(OEt 2 )] 2 [(nacnac)Sc(OAr)] 2 (OCPPCO), is observed, leading to a unique motif [OCPPCO] 4− , stabilized by two scandium centers. Detailed NMR spectra of all complexes as well as IR and single crystal X‐ray studies were obtained to fully elucidate the nature of these complexes in solution as well as in the solid state. Theory is combined to probe the electronic structure and orbitals responsible for the bonding interactions in the Sc−OCPPCO−Sc skeleton but also to compare to the linear mode observed in the precursor.